Summary of "Why Do Women Shun STEM? It's Complicated" Data shows that fewer women work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As a female engineering professor and background in humanities and social sciences, the author points out two reasons that cause fewer women to work in STEM areas. First, professors' opinion can influence students' career choices. Some bias toward STEM can lead students away from STEM. For example, STEM is only for people who like repetitive tasks. These impressions can have profound effects on students. Secondly, studies show that men and women have the abilities in math and science on average but women tend to do better than man verbally. As a result, women can get higher scores in language-related classes and tend to choose a major that they perform better. In my opinion, more and more people think STEM is good majors and lead to a stable career after graduating. With the development of technology, people need more computer or related skills in their workplaces. I am taking VBA and SQL classes now and these classes change my opinion of coding and STEM. Instead of working on repetitive tasks, good computer skills can help us avoid those boring steps and save time.